Blood, Hormones and Lead

Q: What do these three things have in common? 


A: The staff at The Gleason Center have attended continuing education seminars on each of these topics this month. Read on to learn what we’ve learned at each one.

Seminar on Lab Analysis of Blood Tests Results
On March 12, Dr. Gleason attended a seminar led by Dr. Van D. Merkle, founder of Science-Based Nutrition. He added to his knowledge of what conventional blood testing can tell us about our nutritional needs. What’s new about Science-Based Nutrition’s approach? Using a computerized analysis of your blood work, we can now design a comprehensive nutritional approach to optimize your health and even help you overcome serious health challenges.

Essential Physiology & Principles: Balancing Female Hormones
Barb VerCande attended a seminar on March 12 led by Dr. Janet Lang, who for many years has been Dr. Gleason’s guru when it comes to the interpretation of saliva hormone testing. This gave Barb new insights into her daily work with patients in explaining their test results and following up on their treatment protocol.

Barb brings a woman’s perspective to female reproductive issues such as menstruation, menopause and fertility, as well as insights into male menopause.

Lead Safety Certification Class Sponsored by the EPA
As many of Dr. Gleason’s patients know, he is also a licensed contractor who designs and builds custom homes. This may seem like an unlikely combination of careers but many health issues are related to the places we live and work. A class he attended on March 17 was part of an EPA certification process to manage construction projects in buildings that are mercury contaminated (which includes most buildings built before 1978). This gives him a unique perspective on how to help patients identify levels of lead in their homes as well as in their bodies.

These three seminars are evidence of The Gleason Center’s commitment to bringing our patients the latest information about the many factors that impact their health.